The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-04-21

charged. with rsobbingg the company''s
property during the last. three years to the
amounts Of 100000. ,.a>E.. :: + .r,s.
A committee of the Board of Trus-
tees of Trinity College issues an appeal
to the Methodists and friends of; educa-
ton in the State to raise an endowment
fund of 500, 900 for for that hat innES 'aitl!ioT
A half dozen railroad men issued
stock to the :amount of double the. cost of
their roads and equipments; then taxed
the public to make the water milk and
the pifchback gold, and everyone, of them
were sent to the United States Senate
Mortimer Whitehead. = *'s!* @s'' >@s"
Louis Dagger &ho., Solicitors Of
Patents, Washingtop,,p. G., write uss~that
twenty-five patents were granted toAeiie
zens Of, the Southern States en- the 18th
iiastp among themyene toe. H. lBernheim,
Of Gonover, N..Cat for quilting frame
fofAeMingg machines, ar. ,~9'''o'a*" -.
The people. Of stas~tesssyii1lle ) ere sn app IS
~ciatise, lust and generous. They viii pay
a just and graceful tribute, to: the merit,
talent and service, Of the c~learrheaded
editor of the Landmark by ~re-electipg
him to the mayoralty Of their beautiful
and prosperous town.:
The Clinton Caucasian says: One
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merchant in Fayetteville sent sixty-four
chattel mortgages, on Sampson county
property to Clinton for registration at one
time last. week. They represented an
aggregate lien onmules, crops and brindle-
tailed steers: of.$2;4OO. 49,:
We had f1attered ourselves with the
opinion hat we could write afairly legible
hand, but we were puzzled beyond ex-
preston when we read in our paper last
week that the President-elect. of Trinity
College bore the musical name of F1ero-
will. We wrote. it. Crowell, but these
printers! .~->
A very destructive wind storm passed
through the southern portion of Chatham
county on the afternoon of the 18th inst.
Our informant says that the store house
of Mr.. J.. A. Knight was blown to pieces
and his goods destroyed. AL. his out
houses were blown. down. The damage
to the property of Mrs. Neil Knight was
not known but it is said that her daughters
are badly hurt. AN the outhouses of Mr..
J. T. Womble Were destroyed. The dam
age to forest timber is very great. Heavy
timber was blown2across the track of the
Pittsbero. Road at one point. -. rs
The Greensboro Partiot of last week
comes. to. IS sfull and Overlooking" with
al intelligent and comprehensive, but
modestly written sketch Of the many
important enterprises, which unmistak-
ably point to a splendid future for that
town. We are pleased to note the reel
procity of mutual good will in the work
of building up the town, between the
business men and their town papers as
evidenced by the long list of business
concerns which are represented in the
advertising columns of the Patriot. This
is tight. The paper should be watchful
and faithful in advancing the interests
of the town, and the town should sustain
and encourage its papers. =.
The towns and cities Of our State are
improving. Recently, Charlotte, Ashe-
vile, Durham, Fayetteville, Wilmington,
Winston and Raleigh have adopted cleo
trio lights, and nearly all of them have
established street railways. Carthage,
Ashboros ,Wilkesboro,: Clintop,h Mecks-
vile, Tayrorsville, Pittsboro, Rutherford
ton, Louisharg, Danbury and RiohSquare
hare all recently been, Or soon will he,
plaeea1n communication with the united
w6rldn by rail- Wf1nistonaSa1em,f withoA
u1nanimity that perhaps has no parallel ii
the history Of railroading in the State,
voted an appropriations Of $50, 900 for the
extension Of the NV. N. G. r. R. to
Wilkesboro, Greensboro recently voted
$10O,O0O for city improvements, Dur
ham, Raleigh Charlotte; Greensboro and
Salisbury, all have, or soon: will have,
waterworks. @,i.,
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Durham is to have sey1een9tteep new
and elegant store houses on one street.
This is progress, in one sense. We wish,
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